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You hear the tone at the top of the hour. The musical signature plays. The correspondent announces, "CBS News. I'm Frank Settipani." The voice, ubiquitous through clock, bathroom and car radios, has been unseen for decades. Not anymore.
If you happen to be up early on any weekday morning streaming CBSN, the 24/7 cable TV-like news service freely available on the Internet...
Live video from CBS Radio News on CBSN originates from New York or Washington D.C. While the New York studio looks claustrophobic, the Washington workspaces seem positively plush with room for a shaded lamp or potted plant. You can count at least five framed pictures in the vicinity of D.C.-based correspondent Sam Litzinger. Tell that to New York-based Jim Taylor who looks like he might run out of air at any moment.

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The most popular radio adventure show in history, The Lone Ranger held an audience of millions spellbound for over two decades. Key to its success was the music used on it-music rendered so beautifully, chosen with such delicate precision, that for half a century listeners have frantically searched for an answer to the question, "What was the music used on the Lone Ranger?" This book answers that question and many more, including, "Who performed it?" "Who recorded it?" "When?" "Where?". Set in Detroit, New York, Hollywood, and Mexico City against a backdrop of cliffhanging events that shaped the broadcasting industry, the story is as great an adventure as any heard on the show itself.The Mystery of the Masked Man's Music: A Search for the Music Used on the Lone Ranger Radio Program, 1933-1954